Claude Opus 4 vs o3-pro vs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B
o3-pro comes out ahead, 68 to 64 and 47 on our weighted score, though Claude Opus 4 is 14% cheaper per token.
AnthropicClaude Opus 4
64/100- ECI142.7
- Price$15.00 / $75.00
- Context200K
- Our pick
OpenAIo3-pro
68/100- ECI147.4
- Price$20.00 / $80.00
- Context200K
DeepSeekDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B
47/100- ECI137.4
- Price—
- Context131K
o3-pro is our pick
o3-pro is the better all-round choice, scoring 68/100 against Claude Opus 4 (64) and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B (47). It leads on capability. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%.
- Capabilityo3-proCapabilities Index (ECI): o3-pro 147.4 · Claude Opus 4 142.7 · DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 137.4
- Lowest priceClaude Opus 4Claude Opus 4 $30.00 · o3-pro $35.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B unpriced
- Longest contextClaude Opus 4 and o3-proClaude Opus 4 200,000 · o3-pro 200,000 · DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 131,072 tokens
- Widest inputsClaude Opus 4Claude Opus 4: Text, Images, PDFs · o3-pro: Text, Images · DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: Text
- Self-hostingDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BPublishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Claude Opus 4 | o3-pro | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 67% | 69 | 75 | 62 |
| Inputs & features | 20% | 70 | 70 | 10 |
| Context window | 13% | 32 | 32 | 24 |
| Overall | 100% | 64/100 | 68/100 | 47/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Claude Opus 4Anthropic | o3-proOpenAI | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BDeepSeek |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 142.7 | 147.4 (best) | 137.4 |
| ECI rank | #87 of 148 | #60 of 148 (best) | #110 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 76.3% (best) | — | 64.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 64.4% (best) | — | 55.6% |
| SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues | 70.7% | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $15.00 (best) | $20.00 | — |
| Output | $75.00 (best) | $80.00 | — |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $30.00 (best) | $35.00 | — |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | — |
| Price source | Median of 5 providers | Official OpenAI API | — |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 200,000 tokens (best) | 200,000 tokens (best) | 131,072 tokens |
| Max output | 32,000 tokens | 100,000 tokens (best) | 32,768 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | No |
| PDFs | Yes | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yeslow · medium · high | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | No |
| Structured output | No | Yes | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Open |
| API model ID | — | o3-pro | — |
| API providers | 5 | 6 (best) | — |
| Released | May 22, 2025 | Jun 10, 2025 | Jan 20, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Mar 31, 2025 | May 2024 | — |
What would a month cost?
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- Claude Opus 4$300.00
- o3-pro$360.00
- DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B—
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Claude Opus 4, o3-pro or DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B?
o3-pro is the better all-round choice, scoring 68/100 against Claude Opus 4 (64) and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B (47). It leads on capability. The score weighs capability 67%, inputs & features 20%, context window 13%.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4, o3-pro or DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B?
Claude Opus 4 is cheaper at $15.00 input / $75.00 output per million tokens (median across 5 API providers). o3-pro costs $20.00 input / $80.00 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $30.00 per million tokens for Claude Opus 4 versus $35.00 for o3-pro (1.2× as much). DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
o3-pro scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): o3-pro 147.4 (#60 of 148), Claude Opus 4 142.7 (#87 of 148) and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B 137.4 (#110 of 148). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (145.8–149.7 vs 140.2–144.2), so the gap is a real one.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for o3-pro and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, o3-pro leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Note that DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Claude Opus 4 and o3-pro have the largest context windows (200,000 and 200,000 tokens), against 131,072 for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B. Maximum output per response: Claude Opus 4 up to 32,000, o3-pro up to 100,000, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B up to 32,768 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Claude Opus 4 accepts text, images and PDFs; o3-pro accepts text and images; DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B accepts text. Claude Opus 4 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Claude Opus 4 and o3-pro is proprietary.
Which is newer?
o3-pro is the newest, released Jun 10, 2025. Claude Opus 4 came out May 22, 2025; DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B came out Jan 20, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Opus 4 Mar 31, 2025, o3-pro May 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
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